ISRAEL MAGAZINE-ON-WEB- June 2000

1 Jun 2000
 
 

June 2000
 
Magazine Content
 
Animal Education
by Lili Eylon
The lion and the lamb are not yet lying together, but a visit to Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo is a delightful - and educational - experience.

 
From Venice to Jerusalem
by Lili Eylon
A 300-year-old Italian synagogue finds a new home, and a new role, in the Holy Land.
 
  Abu Ghosh - The Saga of an Arab Village
by Janet Mendelsohn Moshe
Take the Ark of the Covenant, ancient Rome's Tenth Legion, Richard the Lionheart, 19th-century French Christians, Muslim Arabs who throw in their lot with Israel, and a penniless young man who wins $22,700,000 in the Illinois State Lottery. Mix well together, and what do you get? The village of Abu Ghosh.
 
  Shock Treatment
by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
A new drug could save hundreds of thousands of people worldwide from limb amputations and death each year.